Nehemiah 9:16
“But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments,”
And madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy servant:
And gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and promisedst them that they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn to give them.
But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments,
And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not.
Yea, when they had made them a molten calf, and said, This is thy God that brought thee up out of Egypt, and had wrought great provocations;
Cross-References
“We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.”
“And testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, (which if a man do, he shall live in them;) and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.”
“Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;”
“But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them.”
“Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;”